EDUCATION

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco CA

Master of Fine Art  May 2011

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron OH

Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude December 2008 

Major: Biology

Minor: Fine Art

EXHIBITIONS- Solo and Two-Person                                                                       

SURROUNDED Square Record’s gallery, Highland Square Akron OH (May 4-31^st 2009)

ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANISM  Meyer’s School of Art, Atrium Gallery Akron OH

Contributing Artist (October 4-October 18, 2008)

EXHIBITIONS- Group

HAPTIC VISUALITY Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute

Contributing Artist  (January, 2011)

CONTINUING GRADUATES SHOW Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute Contributing Artist  (August, 2010)

LUXUREALITY Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Center

Contributing Artist  (MAY, 2010)

AN IMPROMPTU SALON Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Center

Contributing Artist  (February 14-21, 2010)

URBAN HO-DOWN Presented by Mission Arts and Performance Project and the Low brow Society

Contributing Artist  (February 6, 2010)

CONCEPTS OF CREATIVITY, Want to C my little c? Swell Gallery, SFAI

Contributing Artist  (January 12-24, 2010)

FRESH AND SPOOKY JURIED SHOW  Summit Artspace, Akron OH

Contributing Artist (October 3-November 8, 2008)

REALMS OF FANTASY EXHIBITION  Meyer’s School of Art, Projects Gallery, Akron OH

Contributing Artist (September 22-26, 2008)

STUDENT ART LEAGUE SHOW  University of Akron

Contributing Artist  (April 21, 2008)

JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION  MEYER’S SCHOOL OF ART   Exhibition at EJ Thomas Hall, Akron OH

Contributing Artist (April 4-11, 2008)

PRESENTATIONS

THE STATE OF PAINTING IN THE 21^ST CENTURY CONFERENCE, SFAI

Through the Valley of the Shadow of Kitsch by Aubrey Learner

Presenter (November 23, 2009)

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND STUDENT SLIDESHOW

Presenting Artist (October 22, 2008)

METABOLISM IN THE MUDMINNOW (Umbra limi) ABSTRACT PRESENTATON, SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Presenter (Jan 3, 2008)

PRESS

Shinn, Dorothy. “Fresh and Spooky an artsy haunt.” The Akron Beacon Journal. October 2008

Featured Artist

PUBLICATIONS

Metabolism, nitrogen excretion, and heat shock proteins in the central mudminnow (Umbra limi), a facultative air-breating fish living in a variable environment.

Canadian Journal of Zoology. Volume 88, Number 1, 1 January 2010. pp. 43-58.